Observations on the Law and Constitution of India: On the Nature of Landed Tenures, and on the System of Revenue and Finance, as Established by the Moohummudum Law and Moghul Government; with an Inquiry Into the Revenue and Judicial Administration, and Regulations of Police at Present Existing in Bengal |
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... Hindoo law , known to be obsolete ; sometimes to Hindoo history , known to be fiction : sometimes to Moohum- mudan law , not understood ; sometimes to Moohummudan history , not to be believed ; till bewildered , and yet obliged to write ...
... Hindoo law , known to be obsolete ; sometimes to Hindoo history , known to be fiction : sometimes to Moohum- mudan law , not understood ; sometimes to Moohummudan history , not to be believed ; till bewildered , and yet obliged to write ...
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... Hindoo jurisprudence ; a field not less extensive , nor per- haps less studded with thorns , than that which he has passed through . In short , the rules which are to govern so many mil- lions of the natives of India , with our well ...
... Hindoo jurisprudence ; a field not less extensive , nor per- haps less studded with thorns , than that which he has passed through . In short , the rules which are to govern so many mil- lions of the natives of India , with our well ...
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... Hindoo and the Moohummudan ; totally dis- tinct , however , in themselves : so that , as they never could have been , and certainly never were , combined , either the one or the other must be distinctly pointed at . Is it the Hindoo ...
... Hindoo and the Moohummudan ; totally dis- tinct , however , in themselves : so that , as they never could have been , and certainly never were , combined , either the one or the other must be distinctly pointed at . Is it the Hindoo ...
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... Hindoo government ; a fact which ought first to be established . I ask for records , to shew that there ever was a regular Hindoo government established over India . We know that a number of petty states , or Rajahships , existed at a ...
... Hindoo government ; a fact which ought first to be established . I ask for records , to shew that there ever was a regular Hindoo government established over India . We know that a number of petty states , or Rajahships , existed at a ...
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... Hindoo law by that which has been translated , no high opinion can be entertained . I will not speak irreverently of ... Hindoo law and literature has been augmented thereby . The propensity I advert to runs strongly towards antiquity ...
... Hindoo law by that which has been translated , no high opinion can be entertained . I will not speak irreverently of ... Hindoo law and literature has been augmented thereby . The propensity I advert to runs strongly towards antiquity ...
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Page 174 - Department, and to bear interest at the rate of three and a half per cent, per annum.
Page 99 - And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land,, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.
Page 139 - Government, I am also convinced that, failing the claim of right of the zemindars, it would be necessary for the public good to grant a right of property in the soil to them, or to persons of other descriptions.
Page 155 - By reserving the collection of the internal duties on commerce, Government may at all times appropriate to itself a share of the accumulating wealth of its subjects without their being sensible of it.
Page 269 - which few Europeans will ever learn, because neither of " them leads to any advantage in worldly pursuits ; and if " we give judgment only from the opinions of the native " lawyers and scholars, we can never be sure that we have
Page 34 - There shall be left for every man who cultivates his lands as much as he requires for his own support till the next crop be reaped, and that of his family and for seed. This much shall be left to him, what remains is the land-tax and shall go to the public treasury.
Page 225 - If Mr. Shore means, that, after having declared the zemindar proprietor of the soil, in order to be consistent, we have no right to prevent his imposing new abwabs, or taxes, on the lands in cultivation, I must differ with him in opinion, unless we suppose the ryots to be absolute slaves of the zemindars ; every...
Page 95 - ... established rent To permit him to dispossess one cultivator for the sole purpose of giving the land to another, would be vesting him with a power to commit a wanton act of oppression, from which he could derive no benefit.
Page 269 - ... body of men ; but my experience justifies me in declaring, that I could not with an easy conscience concur in a decision, merely on the written opinion of native lawyers, in any cause in which they could have the remotest interest in misleading the court : nor, how vigilant soever we might be, would it be very difficult for them to mislead us; for a single obscure text, explained by themselves, might be quoted as express authority, though perhaps in the very book, from which it was selected,...
Page 225 - ... of produce, and no more. Every abwab or tax imposed by the zemindar over and above that sum is not only a breach of that agreement, but a direct violation of the established laws of the country.